Saltley Reformatory Inmates


Albert William Kennett

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No. in Admissions Register: 652
Age: 13
Whence received: H M Prison Birmingham
Description:
Complexion: Fresh
Hair colour: Dark brown
Eyes colour: Brown
Visage: Height 4 ft 6 in and figure proportionate
Particular marks: Scar on forehead, 2 moles on left upper arm
State of health: -
Able-bodied? -
Date of admission: 21 October 1880
Late residence: 76 New Canal Street, Birmingham
Parish he belongs to: Birmingham
Customary work and mode of life: -
Whether illegitimate: -
State of education:
Reads: 4th Standard
Writes: 4th Standard
Offence: Embezzling £2 16s 3d
Circumstances which may have led to it: -
Date of sentence, by whom and court: 8 October 1880; Will Elliott and J B Goodman; Police Court Birmingham
Where imprisoned: -
Sentence: 14 days hard labour in prison, 4 years at Saltley
Previous committals:
Number: None
Length: -
For what: -
Father's name: James Kennett
Occupation: Pavior
Mother's name: Annie Kennett
Occupation: -
Parents dead? -
Survivor married again? -
Parents' treatment of child: -
Character of parents -
Parents' wages: -
Amount parents agree to pay: -
Parents address: 76 New Canal Street, Birmingham
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): -
Person making this return: -

Notes:

9 October 1880 There is a short report of the crime in Aris's Birmingham Gazette 9 October 1880 p.7 col.4: EMBEZZLEMENT BY A BOY. - Albert W. KINNETT (14), was charged with embezzling £2 16s. 3d , belonging to his employer, Mr. G. Rollason, lamp manufacturer, Pershore Street. - The prisoner had been in the employ of the prosecutor a month, and was entrusted by him to collect accounts. He received accounts amounting to the sum mentioned, and then absconded. - He was sent to gaol for fourteen days, and ordered to be afterwards sent to a reformatory for four years.

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